tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post113504675721337802..comments2024-03-27T21:12:28.287-05:00Comments on Collected Editions: Collected Editions 2005 Trade Paperback Year-in-Reviewcollectededitionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1136124190305768442006-01-01T08:03:00.000-06:002006-01-01T08:03:00.000-06:00Nice little write-up. I agree with you to a certai...Nice little write-up. I agree with you to a certain extent regarding "padding" - the ones in Half a Life annoyed me because it implies that the Gotham Central issues alone were insufficient in telling a complete story, since it relies on past history.<BR/><BR/>Top 5 TPBs for this year (as opposed to straight-up graphic novels), for me anyway, are (in no particular order):<BR/><BR/>1) We3 (okay, I lied, this is number one, easily)<BR/>2) Sleeper (Books 3 and 4)<BR/>3) Legion of Super-Heroes (I bought it on a whim, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would've)<BR/>4) Top 10: The Forty-Niners (Alan Moore showing us how it's done)<BR/>5) Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon (I already knew the outcome of the story thanks to the Countdown minis, but damn, that's a fantastic story. People who say that Diana isn't as well developed as Supes or Bats obviously isn't reading Greg Rucka's run)<BR/><BR/>Honourable mentions: Superman: For Tomorrow, DC: New Frontier, 100 Bullets, Y: The Last Man, Queen & Country, Identity Crisis.<BR/><BR/>Haven't picked up Azzarello's Lex Luthor mini yet, though from reactions I'd say it could have made this list easily.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1136108966698554202006-01-01T03:49:00.000-06:002006-01-01T03:49:00.000-06:00Here are my 5 trades I read for 2005:Flash - Secre...Here are my 5 trades I read for 2005:<BR/><BR/>Flash - Secret of Barry Allen (reviewed by you on November 28, 2005).<BR/><BR/>New Teen Titans - Who is Donna Troy?.<BR/><BR/>Nightwing - Big Guns.<BR/><BR/>Nightwing - On The Razor's Edge (reviewed by you on August 8, 2005).<BR/><BR/>Villains United.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1136070962191623412005-12-31T17:16:00.000-06:002005-12-31T17:16:00.000-06:00OK, that's fine. To each their own. What were so...OK, that's fine. To each their own. What were some of your favorite trades of 2005?collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1136013561065994872005-12-31T01:19:00.000-06:002005-12-31T01:19:00.000-06:00Just because trades have issues that were reprinte...Just because trades have issues that were reprinted elsewhere (Beast Boys & Girls / Half a Life) doesn't make them padded to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1135995201651119752005-12-30T20:13:00.000-06:002005-12-30T20:13:00.000-06:00I didn't consider Teen Titans/Outsiders: Insiders ...I didn't consider Teen Titans/Outsiders: Insiders "padded"; I felt Teen Titans: Beast Boys and Girls was padded, with the four-part Beast Boy mini-series "padding out" the trade. That's not as bad, though, as the Gotham Central trade, padded with the already-collected Batman Chronicles and Detective Comics issues. So it was Gotham Central: Half a Life and Teen Titans: Beast Boys and Girls, not Teen Titans/Outsiders: Insiders.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by -- have a happy new year!collectededitionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14698269790653953645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945794.post-1135993447954726822005-12-30T19:44:00.000-06:002005-12-30T19:44:00.000-06:00If you mean Batman Chronicles 16 & Detective Comic...If you mean Batman Chronicles 16 & Detective Comics 747 (Half a Life TPB) + Outsiders V2 24-25 & 28 (Insiders TPB), I'm not sure why that's considered "padding" in your opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com